Mux Moderate API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Mux Animated Images Moderate API
  description: Mux is how developers build online video. This API encompasses both Mux Video and Mux Data functionality to help you build your video-related projects better and faster than ever before.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Mux DevEx
    url: https://docs.mux.com
    email: devex@mux.com
servers:
- url: https://api.mux.com
  description: Mux Production API
- url: https://image.mux.com
- url: https://stream.mux.com
- url: https://stats.mux.com
tags:
- name: Moderate
  description: Analyze a video for inappropriate content.
  x-displayName: Moderate
paths:
  /robots/v0/jobs/moderate:
    post:
      operationId: create-moderate-job
      summary: Create a 'moderate' Job
      description: Creates a new job that uses AI to analyze a Mux Video asset for inappropriate content.
      tags:
      - Moderate
      requestBody:
        description: Moderation parameters
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateModerateJobRequest'
            example:
              parameters:
                asset_id: mux_asset_123abc
                thresholds:
                  sexual: 0.7
                  violence: 0.8
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Moderation job queued
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerateJobResponse'
              example:
                data:
                  id: rjob_example123
                  workflow: moderate
                  status: pending
                  units_consumed: 0
                  created_at: 1700000000
                  updated_at: 1700000060
                  parameters:
                    asset_id: mux_asset_123abc
                    thresholds:
                      sexual: 0.7
                      violence: 0.8
        '401':
          description: Missing Mux credentials
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Robots is not enabled for this environment. Accept the Robots beta terms in the Mux Dashboard to enable access.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: Asset not found or missing playback ID
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      servers:
      - url: https://api.mux.com
      security:
      - accessToken: []
      - authorizationToken: []
  /robots/v0/jobs/moderate/{JOB_ID}:
    get:
      operationId: get-moderate-job
      summary: Get a 'moderate' Job
      description: Retrieves the current status and results of a 'moderate' job. Jobs are automatically deleted after 30 days.
      tags:
      - Moderate
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 255
        required: true
        name: JOB_ID
        in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Current status for the requested job
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerateJobResponse'
              example:
                data:
                  id: rjob_example123
                  workflow: moderate
                  status: completed
                  units_consumed: 1
                  created_at: 1700000000
                  updated_at: 1700000060
                  parameters:
                    asset_id: mux_asset_123abc
                    thresholds:
                      sexual: 0.7
                      violence: 0.8
                  outputs:
                    thumbnail_scores:
                    - time: 0
                      sexual: 0.01
                      violence: 0.02
                    - time: 30
                      sexual: 0.03
                      violence: 0.15
                    - time: 60
                      sexual: 0.02
                      violence: 0.05
                    max_scores:
                      sexual: 0.03
                      violence: 0.15
                    exceeds_threshold: false
        '403':
          description: Robots is not enabled for this environment. Accept the Robots beta terms in the Mux Dashboard to enable access.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: No job exists for the supplied id
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      servers:
      - url: https://api.mux.com
      security:
      - accessToken: []
      - authorizationToken: []
components:
  schemas:
    ModerateJobParameters:
      type: object
      properties:
        asset_id:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The Mux asset ID of the video to moderate.
        language_code:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          default: en
          description: BCP 47 language code for transcript analysis. Used only for audio-only assets; ignored for video assets with visual content. If omitted for audio-only assets, the first ready text track is used. Defaults to "en".
        thresholds:
          type: object
          properties:
            sexual:
              type: number
              minimum: 0
              maximum: 1
              description: Score threshold for sexual content. Content scoring above this value triggers exceeds_threshold.
            violence:
              type: number
              minimum: 0
              maximum: 1
              description: Score threshold for violent content. Content scoring above this value triggers exceeds_threshold.
          default:
            sexual: 0.7
            violence: 0.8
          description: 'Score thresholds that determine whether content is flagged. When combined with sampling_interval or max_samples, the exceeds_threshold flag reflects whether any category''s highest observed score exceeds its configured threshold. Defaults to {sexual: 0.7, violence: 0.8}.'
        sampling_interval:
          type: integer
          minimum: 5
          description: Interval, in seconds, between sampled thumbnails. Minimum 5 seconds. When max_samples is also set, the actual sampling density is the more restrictive of the two constraints.
        max_samples:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          description: Maximum number of thumbnails to sample. Acts as a cap — if sampling_interval produces fewer samples than this limit, the interval is respected; otherwise samples are evenly distributed with first and last frames pinned.
      required:
      - asset_id
      example:
        asset_id: mux_asset_123abc
        thresholds:
          sexual: 0.7
          violence: 0.8
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable error type.
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.
          required:
          - type
          - message
      required:
      - error
    CreateModerateJobRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        passthrough:
          type: string
          description: Arbitrary string stored with the job and returned in responses. Useful for correlating jobs with your own systems.
        parameters:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerateJobParameters'
      required:
      - parameters
    ModerateJobOutputs:
      type: object
      properties:
        thumbnail_scores:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              time:
                type: number
                minimum: 0
                description: Time in seconds of the thumbnail within the video. Absent for transcript moderation.
              sexual:
                type: number
                minimum: 0
                maximum: 1
                description: Sexual content score from 0.0 to 1.0.
              violence:
                type: number
                minimum: 0
                maximum: 1
                description: Violence content score from 0.0 to 1.0.
            required:
            - sexual
            - violence
          description: Per-thumbnail moderation scores.
        max_scores:
          type: object
          properties:
            sexual:
              type: number
              minimum: 0
              maximum: 1
            violence:
              type: number
              minimum: 0
              maximum: 1
          required:
          - sexual
          - violence
          description: Highest scores across all thumbnails for each category.
        exceeds_threshold:
          type: boolean
          description: True if any category's max score exceeds its configured threshold.
      required:
      - thumbnail_scores
      - max_scores
      - exceeds_threshold
      example:
        thumbnail_scores:
        - time: 0
          sexual: 0.01
          violence: 0.02
        - time: 30
          sexual: 0.03
          violence: 0.15
        - time: 60
          sexual: 0.02
          violence: 0.05
        max_scores:
          sexual: 0.03
          violence: 0.15
        exceeds_threshold: false
      description: Workflow results. Present when status is 'completed'.
    JobError:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Stable public error category identifier.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable public error message.
        retryable:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether retrying this job may resolve the error.
      required:
      - type
      - message
    SlimlineAsset:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Mux asset ID.
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            title:
              type: string
              description: Asset title from Mux metadata.
            creator_id:
              type: string
              description: Creator identifier from Mux metadata.
            external_id:
              type: string
              description: External identifier from Mux metadata.
          description: Mux asset metadata, if available.
        passthrough:
          type: string
          description: Passthrough string from the Mux asset.
        _links:
          type: object
          properties:
            self:
              type: object
              properties:
                href:
                  type: string
                  description: URL to the Mux asset resource.
              required:
              - href
          required:
          - self
          description: Hypermedia links for the asset.
      required:
      - id
      - _links
    JobStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - pending
      - processing
      - completed
      - errored
      - cancelled
      description: Current job status.
    ModerateJobResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerateJob'
      required:
      - data
    Resources:
      type: object
      properties:
        assets:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SlimlineAsset'
          description: Mux assets associated with this job.
      required:
      - assets
      example:
        assets:
        - id: abc123asset
          meta:
            title: My Video
            creator_id: user123
            external_id: ext456
          _links:
            self:
              href: https://api.mux.com/video/v1/assets/abc123asset
      description: Related Mux resources linked to this job.
    ModerateJob:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique job identifier.
        passthrough:
          type: string
          description: Arbitrary string supplied at creation, returned as-is.
        units_consumed:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: Number of Mux AI units consumed by this job.
        created_at:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: Unix timestamp (seconds) when the job was created.
        updated_at:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          description: Unix timestamp (seconds) when the job was last updated.
        workflow:
          type: string
          enum:
          - moderate
        parameters:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerateJobParameters'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobStatus'
        outputs:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerateJobOutputs'
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobError'
          description: Error details. Present when status is 'errored'.
        resources:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resources'
      required:
      - id
      - units_consumed
      - created_at
      - updated_at
      - workflow
      - parameters
      - status
  securitySchemes:
    accessToken:
      description: 'The Mux Video API uses an Access Token and Secret Key for authentication. If you haven''t already, [generate a new Access Token](https://dashboard.mux.com/settings/access-tokens) in the Access Token settings of your Mux account dashboard.


        Once you have an Access Token ID and Secret, you can then simply include those as the username (id) and password (secret) in the same way you use traditional basic auth.

        '
      scheme: basic
      type: http
    authorizationToken:
      description: 'OAuth authorization token, used as a Bearer Auth header

        '
      scheme: bearer
      type: http
x-tagGroups:
- name: Video
  tags:
  - Assets
  - Live Streams
  - Playback ID
  - URL Signing Keys
  - Direct Uploads
  - Delivery Usage
  - Playback Restrictions
  - DRM Configurations
  - Transcription Vocabularies
- name: Data
  tags:
  - Video Views
  - Errors
  - Filters
  - Exports
  - Metrics
  - Monitoring
  - Real-Time
  - Dimensions
  - Incidents
  - Annotations
  - View and Viewer Counts
- name: System
  tags:
  - Signing Keys
  - Utilities
- name: Robots
  tags:
  - Jobs
  - Ask Questions
  - Edit Captions
  - Find Key Moments
  - Generate Chapters
  - Moderate
  - Summarize
  - Translate Captions
- name: Playback
  tags:
  - Thumbnails
  - Animated Images
  - Storyboards
  - Streaming
  - Captions and Transcripts